CanLit was born within a colonial landscape, just as each of us has been. The very words we speak, and the forms in which we write were also birthed within that context. Here is a reading list of indigenous authors, living in what is now known as Canada, whose work reclaims languages, expands beyond colonial structures, and celebrates lives that are systematically oppressed.
Wordstock Sudbury Literary Festival has been thrilled to host many authors from this list, including Waubgeshig Rice, David A. Robertson, Drew Hayden Taylor, Michelle Good, Lee Maracle, Liz Howard, and Gregory Scofield. Stay tuned for our 2023 program!

Spells, Wishes, and the Talking Dead
By Wanda John-Kehewin

The Fire Still Burns
By Sam George

Moving Upstream
By Mary Barnes

kâ-pî-isi-kiskisiyân / The Way I Remember
By Solomon Ratt

Old Gods
By Conor Kerr

The Elk Whistle Warrior Society
By Rick Rivelle

Carrying It Forward
By John Brady McDonald

Faller
By Jules Delorme

The Big Melt
By Emily Riddle

Killing the Wittigo
By Suzanne Methot

Son of a Trickster
By Eden Robinson

VenCo
By Cherie Dimaline

Letters In A Bruised Cosmos
By Liz Howard

The Moon of the Crusted Snow
By Waubgeshig Rice

Five Little Indians
By Michelle Good

Crow Winter
By Karen McBride

Life In The City of Dirty Water
By Clayton Thomas-Muller

Split Tooth
By Tanya Tagaq

Cut To Fortress
By Tawahum Bige

Avenue Of Champions
By Conor Kerr